South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 3 - COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS
Section 5-206 - Registration

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 5-206

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

(1) No sale or distribution of any product falling within the definition of this law may be made in this State until the certified approved copy of the registration has been received by the registrant.

(2) Registrations for concentrated commercial feedstuffs must be filed in duplicate on forms provided by the Commissioner; provided, however, customer-formula feeds and custom-mixed feeds shall be exempt from registration.

(3) Feed ingredients such as hulls, mill-run feeds, and mill by-products having a crude protein content of less than 12% and a crude fiber content of more than 18% may be registered and sold subject to the following provisions:

(a) They may be sold for use only as an ingredient in the manufacture of mixed feeds.

(b) In addition to the customary requirements of Section 46-27-310 of the law, the label must bear the following statement immediately following the product name in the same point size and style type as the product name:

NOT A COMPLETE FEED. FOR USE ONLY AS AN INGREDIENT IN MAKING A MIXED FEED.

(4) Pursuant to Section 46-27-210 of the law, alternate listings of ingredients within the following groups may be shown on a master registration label which is to be filed in duplicate:

(a) Corn, Hominy Feed, Wheat, Barley, and Grain Sorghums (as presently accepted).

(b) Cottonseed Meal, Soybean Meal, Peanut Meal, and Linseed Meal.

(c) Fish Meal, Meat and Bone Meal, Meat Meal, and Crab Meal.

(d) Beet Molasses, Corn Sugar Molasses, Citrus Molasses, and Cane Molasses.

(e) Wheat Bran, Wheat Mill Run, Wheat Middlings, and Rice Bran.

(f) Wheat Shorts, Corn Germ Meal, Corn Gluten Feed, and Grain Sorghum Gluten Feed.

The alternate listing of ingredients on a master registration does not in any way exempt the requirement that tags and/or labeled packages within the meaning of the law show every ingredient comprising the mixture contained therein.

(5) Products such as drug compounds, vitamins, hormones and individual chemical compounds which by their nature must be mixed with other ingredients before they can be fed to livestock or poultry, shall not be required to meet the standard weight provisions of Section 46-27-50 of the law.

(6) Protein and mineral supplement blocks only may be registered for sale and marketed in weights of 33 1/3 pounds.

(7) Registrations shall be considered to be permanent unless:

(a) New registrations are called for by the Commissioner of Agriculture.

(b) The manufacturer shall revise the label in any manner not covered by alternate listings of ingredients.

(c) Registrations are cancelled by notice of either the manufacturer or the Commissioner of Agriculture.

(8) Superseded registrations may be honored for a period of not more than 12 months in order to allow for the superseded label to be removed from trade channels through normal consumption.

(9) Commercial feedstuffs may be sold in packages of 25 pounds or less.

(10) Collective terms for the grouping of feed ingredients, as defined in the Official Definitions of Feed Ingredients published in the Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, may be used in lieu of the individual ingredients; provided that:

(a) When a collective term for a group of ingredients is used on the label, individual ingredients within that group shall not be listed on the label.

(b) The manufacturer shall provide the Commissioner of Agriculture or his designated feed control official with a listing of individual ingredients, within a defined group, that have been, are, or may be used at manufacturing facilities distributing in or into the State.

(c) Additional collective terms or additional ingredients within a group as defined by the Association of American Feed Control Officials will be subject to final acceptance by the Commissioner.

(d) Any collective group of ingredients or ingredient within a group found not to be in the consumer interest may be rescinded by the Commissioner.

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